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Procalcitonin for the diagnosis of invasive candidiasis: what is the evidence?

Procalcitonin is a widely used marker for the evaluation of infection and sepsis and to guide antibiotic therapy. During the last decade, several studies evaluated its role and diagnostic performance as a surrogate marker for the identification of Candida spp. in suspected invasive candidiasis. A lo...

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Autores principales:	Raineri, Santi Maurizio, Cortegiani, Andrea, Vitale, Filippo, Iozzo, Pasquale, Giarratano, Antonino
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5613326/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28975031 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40560-017-0252-x

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